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Man previously convicted of raping teen girl faces same charges in June incident

Alabama's criminal code defines rape in the second degree as an incident when a person "engages in sexual intercourse" with a member of the opposite sex unable to consent by reason of mental defect, or a person 16 years old or older who engages with a member of the opposite sex between the age of 12 and 16.

In the latter definition, the person charged must be at least two years older than the victim.

Comer was convicted last year on the exact same charge after he impregnated a 14-year-old girl, according to Alabama's sex offender registry.

Court documents indicate he was arrested in June 2016 after assaulting the victim over an eight-month period between 2015 and 2016. Comer pleaded guilty in March 2017 to the second degree rape charge and was sentenced to 24 months in prison, to be followed by two years supervised probation.

However, court documents are unclear on how much time Comer actually served. He was re-arrested in October 2017 for failing to register as a sex offender, a violation of the Community Notification Act.